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Balderstone Hall Field, field off Hepworth Lane The site is identified as Provisional Open Land

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Dec 10th, 2014

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The site is identified within the Kirklees Unitary Development Plan as Provisional Open Land

Policy BE1

All development should be of good quality design suchthat it contributes to a built environment which:i) Creates or retains a sense of local identityii) Is visually attractiveiii) Promotes safety, including crime prevention andreduction of hazards to highway users.iv) Promotes a healthy environment, including spaceand landscaping about buildings and avoidance ofexposure to excessive noise or pollutionv) Is energy efficient in terms of building design andorientation and conducive to energy efficient modes oftravel, in particular walking, cycling and use of publictransport.

Policy BE12

New dwellings should be designed to provide privacyand open space for their occupants, and physicalseparation from adjacent property and land. Theminimum acceptable distances will normally be:i) 21.0m between a habitable room window of adwelling and a habitable room of a facing dwellingii) 12.0m between a habitable room window of adwelling and a blank wall or a wall containing thewindow of a non-habitable room.iii) 10.5m between a habitable room window ofa dwelling and the boundary of any adjacentundeveloped land; andiv) 1.5m between any wall of a new dwelling and theboundary of any adjacent land (other than a highway).Distances less than these will be acceptable if it canbe shown that, by reason of permanent screening,changes in level, or innovative design, no detrimentwould be caused to existing or future occupiers ofthe dwellings or any adjacent premises or potentialdevelopment land which may be affected.